Course Details

Country: Malta
Institution: University of Malta
Course Title: World Music Theories
Course Number: MSP1263
Course Description: This study-unit explores the music of a wide range of musical traditions from around the world. It aims to develop an understanding of a wide range of theoretical issues through analysis of a number of representative musical genres from both western and non-western musical traditions. In addition, it will shed light on a number of interrelated issues and concepts that had an impact on the music of these traditions and the way it was transmitted and diffused. Study-unit Aims: The study-unit aims to: (a) help students recognise the importance of world music studies in today’s professional music training; (b) assist students in understanding music and its related global processes; (c) assist students appraise the various functions music has in constructing, influencing, and maintaining human life.
Language: English
Approved Equivalent: INTS 399
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